Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoe : *gure

Meaning : bark

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

West Khoe : *gure

East Khoe : *ǵUre

West Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-West Khoe : *gure

Meaning : bark

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

|Gwi : gure (Ta.)

//Gana : gure (Ta.)

References : Tanaka 10.

East Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-East Khoe : *ǵUre

Meaning : bark

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Hietshware : ǯoree

References : Dornan 98.

Macro-Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoisan : *gu[rV]

Meaning : bark

Proto-Bushman : *gu

Proto-Khoe : *gure

Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

Number : 11

Proto-Bushman : *gu

Meaning : bark

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Taa : *gú

Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa

Proto-!Wi : *go (*ɡ!-)

Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi

Notes : The ǀǀNg form is dubious, but cases of "superfluous" click transcription in Bleek's dictionary are quite frequent.

South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

Proto-Taa : *gú

Stems : *gú-le; *gú-n

Meaning : bark

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : gúle 3 e I, pl. gún 2 u I

Masarwa : gule

|Nu//en : !gum

!Xoong derivates : dim. gùlu-bâ/ʘàa, pl. gùlu ʘʔâni

Notes : The |Nu//en form may represent a different root. However, D. Bleek's transcriptions quite frequently insert a "pseudo-click" where it should not have been (cf. the transcription ||gulǝ for the Masarwa form in Bleek 1929), and the auslaut -m may easily represent the plural form (cf. !Xóõ gú-n).

References : Bleek 50, 389; Traill 173.

South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :

Proto-!Wi : *go (*ɡ!-)

Meaning : bark

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

//Ng : !gō

References : Bleek 383.

Total pages generated Pages generated by this script 1864026 1807769	Help
StarLing database server Powered by CGI scripts Copyright 1998-2003 by S. Starostin Copyright 1998-2003 by G. Bronnikov Copyright 2005-2014 by Phil Krylov